Autocrat

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Autocrat \Au"to*crat\, n. [Gr. ?; ? self + ? strength, ? strong:
     cf. F. autocrate. See {Hard}, a.]
     1. An absolute sovereign; a monarch who holds and exercises
        the powers of government by claim of absolute right, not
        subject to restriction; as, Autocrat of all the Russias (a
        title of the Czar).


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     2. One who rules with undisputed sway in any company or
        relation; a despot.
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              The autocrat of the breakfast table.  --Holmes.
        [1913 Webster] Autocratic

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  autocrat
       n : a cruel and oppressive dictator [syn: {tyrant}, {despot}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  24 Moby Thesaurus words for "autocrat":
     Simon Legree, absolute monarch, absolute ruler, all-powerful ruler,
     arrogator, autarch, caesar, commissar, czar, despot, dictator,
     disciplinarian, driver, duce, hard master, martinet, oligarch,
     oppressor, pharaoh, slave driver, stickler, tyrant, usurper,
     warlord